The Portable Medieval Reader (Portable Library)

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: THE PAGEANT OF THEMIDDLE AGES - IN THEOLOGY, HISTORY, TRAVEL, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE- BROUGHT TO LIFE BY WRITERS OF THE PERIOD 1050-1500. DANTE ALIGHIERI, FRANCESCO PETRARCA, GEOFFREY CHAUCER, SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, PETER ABELARD, LEONARDO DA VINCI, ROGER BACON, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS. "A CROSS SECTION OFSOURCE HISTORY ANDLITERATURE ...AS RICH AND VARIEDAS A STAINED-GLASSWINDOW". COLUMBIA RECORD.